engarrafamento

/ẽɡaxafaˈmẽtu/

o noun B1

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
os engarrafamentos

Meaning

  1. traffic jam

    • Há um engarrafamento.

      There's a traffic jam.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Mass Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: mass. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Stau

Stau is the German word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Spanish

atasco

atasco is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Spanish

embotellamiento

embotellamiento is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "traffic jam."

Practice

1 What does engarrafamento mean?

2 Fill the gap: Há um ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches engarrafamento?

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